Waxy potato starch (>95% amylopectin) was kindly donated by Avebe (Veendam, The Netherlands) and dried under vacuum at 60 °C for 48 h before use.
Lithium chloride was purchased from Sigma–Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany) and dried under vacuum at 80 °C for 24 h before use. Anhydrous
N,
N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) was purchased from Sigma–Aldrich in Sure/Seal™ (Steinheim, Germany). 2-bromopropionic acid (BpA), 2-bromopropionyl bromide (BpB), formaldehyde solution (37%), and
formic acid (>95%) were purchased from Sigma–Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany) and used as received.
Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN) was purchased from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., LTD (TCI, Tokyo, Japan) and used as received. Tris[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]amine (Me
6TREN) was synthesized following the procedures reported [28 ] and [2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide (SBMA) (97%) was purchased from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) and used as received.
Copper(I) bromide (from Sigma-Aldrich) was stirred in
sulfuric acid (from Sigma–Aldrich) solution for 2 h, then filtered, washed with ethanol and acetone respectively three times and dried under vacuum at room temperature for 24 h, followed by storage under N
2 atmosphere.
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